Anthony Boucher
Born
in Oakland, California, The United States
August 21, 1911
Died
April 29, 1968
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The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Fergus O'Breen Mysteries #2)
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1940
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25 editions
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Rocket to the Morgue (Sister Ursula #2)
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1942
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14 editions
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A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume One
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1959
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3 editions
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Nine Times Nine (Sister Ursula, #1)
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1940
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11 editions
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The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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1969
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17 editions
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A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume Two
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1959
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The Case of the Crumpled Knave
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published
1939
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18 editions
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The Case of the Seven of Calvary
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published
1937
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13 editions
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The Compleat Boucher: The Complete Short Science Fiction & Fantasy of Anthony Boucher
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1999
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3 editions
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The Strange Case of the Murderer in Wax/The Man (New Adventures of Sherlock Homes 14)
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1991
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4 editions
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“Among the extremely diverse books lumped together as 'mysteries,' I shall try to judge each fairly according to the best standards of the type which the author intended to produce.”
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“It was so completely obvious, and yet what proof was there? It was, Martin thought, like the rabbit which the Hindus see in the moon. It is next to impossible to make people see it; but once they have recognized it, they will never see a face or a man or a woman there again. It is obvious that there is a rabbit in the moon; but obviousness seems too often unsusceptible of proof.
The Case of the Seven of Calvary”
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The Case of the Seven of Calvary”
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“…We have not fully deciphered his language but I have, as instructed, been keeping full phonetic transcriptions of his every remark. Trubaz has calculated psychologically that the meaning of this remark to be:
“Ministers of the Great one, be gracious to me.”
The phonetic transcription is as follows:
AND THEY TALK ABOUT PINK ELEPHANTS!”
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“Ministers of the Great one, be gracious to me.”
The phonetic transcription is as follows:
AND THEY TALK ABOUT PINK ELEPHANTS!”
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